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... Round Island " of the charts - was dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his imme- diate surroundings , which had the aspect of an abandoned settlement invaded by the jungle : vague roofs above low vegetation ...
... Round Island " of the charts - was dazzling ; and in the flood of cold light Heyst could see his imme- diate surroundings , which had the aspect of an abandoned settlement invaded by the jungle : vague roofs above low vegetation ...
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... round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and he was like- wise seen there once . Perhaps these were his attempts to break out . If ...
... round a point in North Borneo was in Heyst's case a magic circle . It just touched Manila , and he had been seen there . It just touched Saigon , and he was like- wise seen there once . Perhaps these were his attempts to break out . If ...
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... round pith hat shading an unshaven , livid face . His white clothes , which he had not taken off for three days , were dingy . He looked already gone to the bad , past re- demption . The sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing ...
... round pith hat shading an unshaven , livid face . His white clothes , which he had not taken off for three days , were dingy . He looked already gone to the bad , past re- demption . The sight was shocking to Heyst ; but he let nothing ...
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... Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the pros- pectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from hand to hand . We greatly ad- mired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the ...
... Round Island , for the central station . Some copies of the pros- pectus issued in Europe , having found their way out East , were passed from hand to hand . We greatly ad- mired the map which accompanied them for the edification of the ...
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... round trip , but as that was sixteen hundred miles it did not matter much . " " " I have told my owner of it , ' said the conscientious commander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened ...
... round trip , but as that was sixteen hundred miles it did not matter much . " " " I have told my owner of it , ' said the conscientious commander of the Sissie . His owner had a face like an ancient lemon . He was small and wizened ...
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